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Found this article that talks about partnership portals and the vendor/merchant/affiliate relationships

Its a good read for anyone in this industry. Personally, I feel like a lot of networks are slacking when it comes to updating and improvements. Many Merchants do a poor job of updating and improving their programs as well. Both hurt the affiliate partners in the long.

Thanks Ryan. I am talking with one network about smoothing out the path for an existing affiliate to join a program. When I am recruiting outside of the network I should be able to add a link that once they login take them directly to the program. Same concept here, make it easy and they will use it.

Actually its AvantLink that I am working with. Their link goes to a sign-up page and if the affiliate is already a member of the network they need to login then navigate and search for the merchant. Looking for a one click solution (sans logging in). Shareasale has both a signup form and a login form on their program description pages.

Affiliate Window launched an entirely new interface a few years ago to make sure that both the merchant and the affiliate had a positive experience. Having a whole new platform foundation has enabled us to be able to easily integrate new technology and developments into the interface. We keep adding new tools, functionalities and reports as the industry continues to grow and morph. Honestly, I'm pretty proud of what we've got and where we're going (I know what else is coming - just can't share it yet!).